well, after lurking here for a while, I decided to bite the bullet and go ahead and join up. This is both my first post, and my first thread here
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I got my first Becker (BK2) a few weeks ago, and unfortunately have not had the time to go out and use it properly (working two jobs right now). Don't worry though, it's going to be a "user". When I got the knife, I was impressed with it and how solid it felt, without feeling overly heavy in my hand.
Sadly though, the sheath that came with it was less than perfect (dulled the blade, and the snap for the loop that goes over the handle was split in half). Because of some reading I had done here on the forum, I decided to contact KA-BAR about the issues to see if they would send out a replacement... turns out, they did just that(treating a first time customer well, in my book, goes a long way towards getting repeat business from said customer). The new sheath is currently en route.
Because of these facts, as well as the fact that I was now going to have two sheaths for the BK2, I decided that I would rig the current sheath up for scout carry, and the new one being sent out in a drop leg style. Now, I've never worked with parachute cord before, but I gave it my best shot, and I honestly think that it turned out all right, and looks fairly "classy". I'm happy with it, and thats all that matters in my book. Also, you'll notice that I haven't quite finished it up, but all I need to do is decide how I want to tie it off and I'm done.
And as I understand it... around here, "pics or it didn't happen" and if I don't, I'm to expect moose tracks on my lawn... right?

Now finally, the question that I have for all of you beckerheads out there. When I actually used the sheath above, the only issue I had was that because the BK2 is such a "sturdy" knife, the handle of the knife tended to point towards the ground by a few degrees. So my question is, when (or if) you carry your BK2 scout style, how did you address the fact that the handle tends to want to point towards the ground? Do you simply laugh at the noobie that tries to carry such a manly knife horizontally? Do you have secret knife wielding techniques taught to you by moose himself? I'm not sure, I just want to see how you guys did this.
The only way that I can think to fix this problem is to mount something with weight on the very tip of the sheath (a multitool for instance) to help counter weight the heavy handle of the knife, but I want to see how you guys handled this problem, if at all.

I got my first Becker (BK2) a few weeks ago, and unfortunately have not had the time to go out and use it properly (working two jobs right now). Don't worry though, it's going to be a "user". When I got the knife, I was impressed with it and how solid it felt, without feeling overly heavy in my hand.
Sadly though, the sheath that came with it was less than perfect (dulled the blade, and the snap for the loop that goes over the handle was split in half). Because of some reading I had done here on the forum, I decided to contact KA-BAR about the issues to see if they would send out a replacement... turns out, they did just that(treating a first time customer well, in my book, goes a long way towards getting repeat business from said customer). The new sheath is currently en route.
Because of these facts, as well as the fact that I was now going to have two sheaths for the BK2, I decided that I would rig the current sheath up for scout carry, and the new one being sent out in a drop leg style. Now, I've never worked with parachute cord before, but I gave it my best shot, and I honestly think that it turned out all right, and looks fairly "classy". I'm happy with it, and thats all that matters in my book. Also, you'll notice that I haven't quite finished it up, but all I need to do is decide how I want to tie it off and I'm done.
And as I understand it... around here, "pics or it didn't happen" and if I don't, I'm to expect moose tracks on my lawn... right?

Now finally, the question that I have for all of you beckerheads out there. When I actually used the sheath above, the only issue I had was that because the BK2 is such a "sturdy" knife, the handle of the knife tended to point towards the ground by a few degrees. So my question is, when (or if) you carry your BK2 scout style, how did you address the fact that the handle tends to want to point towards the ground? Do you simply laugh at the noobie that tries to carry such a manly knife horizontally? Do you have secret knife wielding techniques taught to you by moose himself? I'm not sure, I just want to see how you guys did this.
The only way that I can think to fix this problem is to mount something with weight on the very tip of the sheath (a multitool for instance) to help counter weight the heavy handle of the knife, but I want to see how you guys handled this problem, if at all.